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Post #337363 by Cammo on Tue, Oct 9, 2007 8:17 AM

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Cammo posted on Tue, Oct 9, 2007 8:17 AM

Man Ray photos majorly helped popularize Primitiva and Oceanic Art in the 1920's, especially among the noveau Parisian art collecting world. One of the pictures below appears in Sven's Tiki Modern. But modern it ain't.

And check out Tribal Arts Magazine - a quarterly. Here's their website;

http://www.tribalartmagazine.com/a_la_une.php

All Man Ray photos;

Jacques Rigaut, Tristan Tzara and André Breton.

Bamana Figure

Fang Mask

Senufo Figure

Simone Kahn with Fang Mask

Moko Miro Sculpture, Easter Island

Simone Kahn again, with Vanuatu Figure

Lower Sepik Mask, Papua New Guinea

Gope Board